OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Mornington Golf Club, Pond,1998

DATE1998

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1307

HISTORY

The Mornington Golf Club was formed in 1904 in paddocks behind the old Tanti Hotel, parallel to Nepean Highway. Owner of one of the paddocks, W. S. Cook, a Mornington solicitor, became the club’s President in the years before the first World War. The Club was affiliated with the Victorian Golf Association in 1906, was in and out of the Association until being readmitted in 1927,having relocated to Mornington Race Course in 1925. Due to military occupation of the racecourse the club moved to a 9 hole course near Dava Lodge Guesthouse at Mt. Martha in 1940. In 1946 a 120 acre site for an 18 hole course was offered on generous lease terms by Sir George Tallis at Beleura Hill the site of the present Club and this photo.

DESCRIPTION

Pond or dam containing water in foreground, surrounded by reeds and brown grass. Green fairway in background bordered by cypress trees at rear. Blue sky reflected in dam.

SUBJECTS

Golf courses

KEYWORDS

Cook, William Sym, Dava Lodge Guesthouse, Golf courses, Mornington, Mornington Golf Club, Mornington Race Course, Tallis, George, Tanti Hotel